Adventure's End

Adventure's End is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring John Wayne and Diana Gibson. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. Premise Duke Slade, a Pacific islands pearl diver, signs up to sail on a whaling vessel. Before they sail, Captain Drew marries Slade to his daughter Janet, to protect him against his first mate, Rand Husk. When the crew mutinies at sea, Slade sides with the captain. Cast John Wayne as Duke Slade Diana Gibson as Janet Drew Montagu Love as Capt. Abner Drew Moroni Olsen as First Mate Rand Husk Maurice Black as Blackie Paul White as Kalo Cameron Hall as Slivers Patrick J. Kelly as Matt George Cleveland as Tom William Sundholm as Chips James T. Mack as Hooten Britt Wood as Hardy, Old Sailor Ben Carter as Stantul, Black Sailor Wally Howe as Kierce Jimmie Lucas as Flench, Black Cabin Boy Glenn Strange as Barzeck Production Adventure's End was the last of six films John Wayne made at Universal. Four of them were directed by Arthur Lubin who later recalled they usually "had six days to shoot. There was no time schedule, as there is today, where if you go late at night or start early in the morning, you have to pay more. In those days, you could shoot twenty-four hours a day." Lubin says that Adventure's End was "very extravagant", because "we were going to shoot in ten days", and "it was going to be a big picture." He says Wayne films were often inspired by "What sets are up these days that we can make pictures on, that won’t cost us much money". Adventure's End was made because "there was a boat on Universal lot, and they could use that."